• About this Book
    • Cover Page
    • Title Page
    • Copyright Page
    • About the Authors
    • Brief Contents
    • Contents
    • Instructor Preface
    • Student Success: How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life
  • Prologue The Story of Psychology
    • What Is Psychology?
      • Psychology Is a Science
      • Critical Thinking
      • Psychological Science Is Born
      • Psychological Science Matures
      • Contemporary Psychology
      • Use Psychology to Become a Stronger Person—and a Better Student
      • Review The Story of Psychology
  • Chapter 1 Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
    • Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
      • The Need for Psychological Science
      • Psychological Science in a Post-Truth World
      • The Scientific Method
      • Psychology’s Research Ethics
      • Review Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
    • Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
      • Describing Data
      • Significant Differences
      • Review Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
  • Chapter 2 The Biology of Mind
    • Neural and Hormonal Systems
      • Biology, Behavior, and Mind
      • The Power of Plasticity
      • Neural Communication
      • The Nervous System
      • The Endocrine System
      • Review Neural and Hormonal Systems
    • Tools of Discovery, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System
      • The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined
      • Older Brain Structures
      • The Limbic System
      • Review Tools of Discovery, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System
    • The Cerebral Cortex
      • Structure of the Cortex
      • Functions of the Cortex
      • Responses to Damage
      • The Divided Brain
      • Review The Cerebral Cortex
  • Chapter 3 Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
    • Basic Consciousness Concepts
      • Defining Consciousness
      • Cognitive Neuroscience
      • Selective Attention
      • Dual Processing: The Two-Track Mind
      • Review Basic Consciousness Concepts
    • Sleep and Dreams
      • Biological Rhythms and Sleep
      • Why Do We Sleep?
      • Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders
      • Dreams
      • Review Sleep and Dreams
    • Drugs and Consciousness
      • Tolerance and Addiction in Substance Use Disorders
      • Types of Psychoactive Drugs
      • Influences on Drug Use
      • Review Drugs and Consciousness
  • Chapter 4 Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
    • Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
      • Genes: Our Codes for Life
      • Twin and Adoption Studies
      • Temperament and Heredity
      • Heritability
      • Gene–Environment Interaction
      • Review Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
    • Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture
      • Natural Selection and Adaptation
      • Evolutionary Success Helps Explain Similarities
      • An Evolutionary Explanation of Human Sexuality
      • Review Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture
    • Cultural and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture
      • How Does Experience Influence Development?
      • Cultural Influences
      • Gender Development
      • Reflections on Nature, Nurture, and Their Interaction
      • Review Cultural and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture
  • Chapter 5 Developing Through the Life Span
    • Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
      • Developmental Psychology’s Major Issues
      • Prenatal Development and the Newborn
      • Review Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
    • Infancy and Childhood
      • Physical Development
      • Cognitive Development
      • Social Development
      • Review Infancy and Childhood
    • Adolescence
      • Physical Development
      • Cognitive Development
      • Social Development
      • Emerging Adulthood
      • Review Adolescence
    • Adulthood
      • Physical Development
      • Cognitive Development
      • Social Development
      • Review Adulthood
  • Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception
    • Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
      • Processing Sensations and Perceptions
      • Transduction
      • Thresholds
      • Sensory Adaptation
      • Perceptual Set
      • Context, Motivation, and Emotion
      • Review Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
    • Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
      • Light Energy and Eye Structures
      • Information Processing in the Eye and Brain
      • Perceptual Organization
      • Perceptual Interpretation
      • Review Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
    • The Nonvisual Senses
      • Hearing
      • The Other Senses
      • Sensory Interaction
      • ESP—Perception Without Sensation?
      • Review The Nonvisual Senses
  • Chapter 7 Learning
    • Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
      • How Do We Learn?
      • Classical Conditioning
      • Review Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
    • Operant Conditioning
      • Skinner’s Experiments
      • Skinner’s Legacy
      • Contrasting Classical and Operant Conditioning
      • Review Operant Conditioning
    • Biology, Cognition, and Learning
      • Biological Constraints on Conditioning
      • Cognition’s Influence on Conditioning
      • Learning by Observation
      • Review Biology, Cognition, and Learning
  • Chapter 8 Memory
    • Studying and Encoding Memories
      • Studying Memory
      • Encoding Memories
      • Review Studying and Encoding Memories
    • Storing and Retrieving Memories
      • Memory Storage
      • Memory Retrieval
      • Review Storing and Retrieving Memories
    • Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
      • Forgetting
      • Memory Construction Errors
      • Improving Memory
      • Review Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
  • Chapter 9 Thinking and Language
    • Thinking
      • Concepts
      • Problem Solving: Strategies and Obstacles
      • Forming Good (and Bad) Decisions and Judgments
      • Thinking Creatively
      • Do Other Species Share Our Cognitive Skills?
      • Review Thinking
    • Language and Thought
      • Language Structure
      • Language Acquisition and Development
      • The Brain and Language
      • Do Other Species Have Language?
      • Thinking and Language
      • Review Language and Thought
  • Chapter 10 Intelligence
    • What Is Intelligence?
      • Spearman and Thurstone’s Intelligence Theories
      • The Cattell-Horn-Carroll Intelligence Theory
      • Theories of Multiple Intelligences
      • Emotional Intelligence
      • Review What Is Intelligence?
    • Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
      • Early and Modern Tests of Mental Abilities
      • Principles of Test Construction
      • Extremes of Intelligence
      • Intelligence Across the Life Span
      • Review Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
    • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
      • Heredity and Intelligence
      • Environment and Intelligence
      • Gene–Environment Interactions
      • Group Differences in Intelligence Test Scores
      • Review Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
  • Chapter 11 What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Belonging, and Achievement
    • Basic Motivational Concepts
      • Instincts and Evolutionary Theory
      • Drives and Incentives
      • Arousal Theory
      • A Hierarchy of Needs
      • Review Basic Motivational Concepts
    • Hunger
      • The Physiology of Hunger
      • The Psychology of Hunger
      • Review Hunger
    • Sexual Motivation
      • The Physiology of Sex
      • The Psychology of Sex
      • Sexual Orientation
      • Sex and Human Relationships
      • Review Sexual Motivation
    • Affiliation and Achievement
      • The Need to Belong
      • Achievement Motivation
      • Review Affiliation and Achievement
  • Chapter 12 Emotions, Stress, and Health
    • Introduction to Emotion
      • Emotion: Arousal, Behavior, and Cognition
      • Embodied Emotion
      • Review Introduction to Emotion
    • Expressing Emotion
      • Detecting Emotion in Others
      • Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior
      • Culture and Emotional Expression
      • The Effects of Facial Expressions
      • Review Expressing Emotion
    • Experiencing Emotion
      • Anger
      • Happiness
      • Review Experiencing Emotion
    • Stress and Illness
      • Stress: Some Basic Concepts
      • Stress and Vulnerability to Disease
      • Review Stress and Illness
    • Health and Coping
      • Coping With Stress
      • Reducing Stress
      • Review Health and Coping
  • Chapter 13 Social Psychology
    • Social Thinking
      • The Fundamental Attribution Error
      • Attitudes and Actions
      • Persuasion
      • Review Social Thinking
    • Social Influence
      • Conformity: Complying With Social Pressures
      • Obedience: Following Orders
      • Lessons From the Conformity and Obedience Studies
      • Group Behavior
      • Review Social Influence
    • Antisocial Relations
      • Prejudice
      • Aggression
      • Review Antisocial Relations
    • Prosocial Relations
      • Attraction
      • Altruism
      • From Conflict to Peace
      • Review Prosocial Relations
  • Chapter 14 Personality
    • Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories
      • What Is Personality?
      • Psychodynamic Theories
      • Review Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories
    • Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories
      • Humanistic Theories
      • Trait Theories
      • Review Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories
    • Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self
      • Social-Cognitive Theories
      • Exploring the Self
      • Review Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self
  • Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders
    • Introduction to Psychological Disorders
      • Defining Psychological Disorders
      • Understanding Psychological Disorders
      • Classifying Disorders—and Labeling People
      • Risk of Harm to Self and Others
      • Rates of Psychological Disorders
      • Review Introduction to Psychological Disorders
    • Anxiety-Related Disorders
      • Anxiety Disorders
      • Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
      • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
      • Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
      • Understanding Anxiety-Related Disorders
      • Review Anxiety-Related Disorders
    • Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
      • Major Depressive Disorder
      • Bipolar Disorders
      • Understanding Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
      • Review Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
    • Schizophrenia
      • Symptoms of Schizophrenia
      • Onset and Development of Schizophrenia
      • Understanding Schizophrenia
      • Review Schizophrenia
    • Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
      • Dissociative Disorders
      • Personality Disorders
      • Eating Disorders
      • Review Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
    • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
      • Intellectual Disability
      • Autism Spectrum Disorder
      • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
      • Review Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Chapter 16 Therapy
    • Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
      • Treating Psychological Disorders
      • Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies
      • Humanistic Therapies
      • Behavior Therapies
      • Cognitive Therapies
      • Group and Family Therapies
      • Review Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
    • Evaluating Psychotherapies
      • Is Psychotherapy Effective?
      • Which Psychotherapies Work Best?
      • How Do Psychotherapies Help People?
      • How Does Human Diversity Influence Psychotherapy?
      • Who Seeks Psychotherapy and Who Provides It?
      • What Are Some Important Ethical Principles in Psychotherapy?
      • Review Evaluating Psychotherapies
    • The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
      • Drug Therapies
      • Brain Stimulation
      • Psychosurgery
      • Preventing Psychological Disorders and Building Resilience
      • Review The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
  • Appendix A: The Story of Psychology: A Timeline
  • Appendix B: Career Fields in Psychology
  • Appendix C: Psychology at Work
    • Work and Life Satisfaction
      • Flow at Work
      • Finding Your Own Flow, and Matching Interests to Work
    • Industrial-Organizational Psychology
    • Personnel Psychology
      • Using Strengths for Successful Selection
      • Do Interviews Predict Performance?
      • Appraising Performance
    • Organizational Psychology
      • Satisfaction and Engagement at Work
      • Effective Leadership
    • Human Factors Psychology
    • Review Psychology at Work
  • Appendix D: Complete Chapter Reviews
    • Prologue
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Appendix C
  • Appendix E: Answers to the Retrieval Practice and Master the Material Questions
    • Prologue
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Appendix C
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
  • Notes
  • Back Cover